FireRed and LeafGreen Home
FireRed and LeafGreen were originally released in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. They are remakes of Red and Green/Blue. The original cartridges are able to trade and battle with each other, and with the Game Boy Advance games Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, using the Game Boy Advance Link Cable or the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter. They are also able to communicate with the Nintendo GameCube games Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness using a Game Boy Advance to GameCube Link Cable. Using the Game Boy Advance slot of an original model DS, Pokémon can be sent to Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, although they cannot be returned from these games to any Game Boy Advance or GameCube game.
The games were released again in 2026, as digital downloads on the Nintendo Switch. These versions of the games are also able to trade and battle with each other, but are unable to communicate with Colosseum, XD, and any DS Pokémon game. The Switch versions of the games will be able to send Pokémon (one-way) to the Switch/Switch 2 application Pokémon HOME, but this feature has not yet been implemented. It has been announced for October 2026.
The Switch rereleases are particularly notable in that they provide players access to the Mysticticket and Auroraticket items, allowing players to get Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Deoxys, Pokémon that are not available in the original cartridge releases without access to long-defunct event distributions or the ability to trade with Colosseum and XD.
After 26 February 2027, Pokémon from a Game Boy Advance copy of FireRed or LeafGreen will no longer be able to use Pokémon Bank to go into any 3DS or Switch game. The latest game that a Pokémon from a cartridge copy of FireRed or LeafGreen will be able to travel to is Black, White, Black 2 or White 2. However, Pokémon from the Switch rereleases of FireRed and LeafGreen will be able to go into HOME starting in October 2026.
The first 386 Pokémon in the National Pokédex are all programmed into the game. Between the two games, the player can access 150 Pokémon that are part of the Kanto Pokédex, as well as a handful of Johto and Hoenn Pokémon. In the original releases, Pokémon that are missing from these games can be traded in from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Colosseum, or XD. In the Switch rereleases, the missing Pokémon cannot be obtained in FireRed and LeafGreen.
Subpages
- Kanto Locations: A list of all areas in the Kanto region, with their encounter tables, items, and Trainers. The Sevii Islands are included on this page.
- Pokédex Pages: A collection of pages dedicated to Pokédex completion.
- All Pokémon and their locations: A table containing all available Pokémon and their locations.
- All Pokémon and their games: A table containing all available Pokémon and the games they can be caught in, including Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Colosseum, and XD.
- Version exclusives: An overview of version-exclusive and version-preferred Pokémon.
- Trainer Tower: A page detailing the mechanics of the Trainer Tower and containing the movesets of all available enemy Pokémon.
- Ribbons: A list of all Ribbons that can be obtained in FireRed and LeafGreen and their locations.
- Move locations: The locations of all TMs, HMs, and Move Tutors, and the Move Relearner.
- Evolutionary item locations: Lists of all obtainable evolutionary or breeding items and their locations.
- Poké Ball locations: A list of all Poké Ball locations.
- Hidden item & Berry locations: A list of all hidden items and their locations, including hidden Berries.
- Stat booster locations: A list of all stat-boosting items, as well as Rare Candies, and their locations.
- Utility reference: A list of all places where a utility item (an HM, the Bicycle, the Silph Scope, or the Poké Flute) is required to access something.
- Held item locations: Lists of all obtainable held items, including Berries, and their locations.
- Trainer held items: A list of all items held by enemy Trainers' Pokémon that can be stolen.
- Wild held items: A list of all Pokémon that can hold items when encountered in the wild, and their items.
- Minimum levels (version 1): A page with lists of the lowest levels you can find Pokémon in FireRed and LeafGreen alone.
- Minimum levels (version 2): A page with lists of the lowest levels at which you can have any Pokémon in FireRed and LeafGreen, taking into account Pokémon that can be obtained at lower levels by trading with Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Colosseum, or XD.
- Maximum levels: A page with lists of the maximum level you can find Pokémon in FireRed and LeafGreen alone, for Pokémon obtained in the wild, through purchase, or via gift.
Off-site resources
Please contact me if a source has a broken link, if a better version of the source exists, or if you know of a source you want to add.
- IV Calculator, on PycoSites.
- Stat Calculator, on PycoSites.
- Damage Calculator, pre-loaded with all Trainers' Pokémon.
- EV Training Guide, on Smogon.
- Move Tutor List, on Smogon.
- VS Seeker Guide, for good EV and level training locations, on The Cave of Dragonflies.
- Living Dex Guide & Tracker, for completing a living dex, on Lyra made a website.
- Capture Mechanics, on The Cave of Dragonflies.
- Catch Rate Calculator, on The Cave of Dragonflies.
- Locations, for an alternate view, on The Cave of Dragonflies.
- Competitive Item Locations, on Smogon.
- Legendary Capture Guide, on Smogon.
- In-Game Tier List, a fan-driven effort to rank how good Pokémon are when used in-game, on Smogon.
- Gen 3 base stats, on Bulbapedia.
- Pokémon movepools, on Bulbapedia.
Credits & sources
- ShinxHijinx, for making scaled-down versions of the Home models, the table colors used, and general layout ideas.
- SadisticMystic, for providing a dump of Trainer and Pokémon data for the Trainer Tower.
- veekun dumps, for encounter tables for FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Bulbapedia, for item and Trainer information for FireRed and LeafGreen. I have independently verified all of the information myself as well.